diff --git a/packages/backend/src/database.ts b/packages/backend/src/database.ts
index 6e31ff41..4716af25 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/database.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/database.ts
@@ -78,6 +78,22 @@ export class Database {
     return projects;
   }
 
+  async getProjectByProjectId (projectId: string): Promise<Project | null> {
+    const projectRepository = this.dataSource.getRepository(Project);
+
+    const project = await projectRepository.findOne({
+      relations: {
+        organization: true,
+        owner: true
+      },
+      where: {
+        id: projectId
+      }
+    });
+
+    return project;
+  }
+
   async getDeploymentsByProjectId (projectId: string): Promise<Deployment[]> {
     const deploymentRepository = this.dataSource.getRepository(Deployment);
 
@@ -208,10 +224,21 @@ export class Database {
 
   async updateDeploymentById (deploymentId: string, updates: DeepPartial<Deployment>): Promise<boolean> {
     const deploymentRepository = this.dataSource.getRepository(Deployment);
-    const updatedDeployment = await deploymentRepository.update({ id: Number(deploymentId) }, updates);
+    const updateResult = await deploymentRepository.update({ id: Number(deploymentId) }, updates);
 
-    if (updatedDeployment.affected) {
-      return updatedDeployment.affected > 0;
+    if (updateResult.affected) {
+      return updateResult.affected > 0;
+    } else {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  async updateProjectById (projectId: string, updates: DeepPartial<Project>): Promise<boolean> {
+    const projectRepository = this.dataSource.getRepository(Project);
+    const updateResult = await projectRepository.update({ id: projectId }, updates);
+
+    if (updateResult.affected) {
+      return updateResult.affected > 0;
     } else {
       return false;
     }
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/resolvers.ts b/packages/backend/src/resolvers.ts
index bc7b1a72..7b4508d5 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/resolvers.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/resolvers.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ export const createResolvers = async (db: Database): Promise<any> => {
         return orgsWithProjects;
       },
 
+      project: async (_: any, { projectId }: { projectId: string }) => {
+        const dbProject = await db.getProjectByProjectId(projectId);
+
+        return dbProject ? projectToGqlType(dbProject, [], []) : null;
+      },
+
       deployments: async (_: any, { projectId }: { projectId: string }) => {
         const dbDeployments = await db.getDeploymentsByProjectId(projectId);
 
@@ -131,6 +137,15 @@ export const createResolvers = async (db: Database): Promise<any> => {
           log(err);
           return false;
         }
+      },
+
+      updateProject: async (_: any, { projectId, updateProject }: { projectId: string, updateProject: { name: string, description: string } }) => {
+        try {
+          return db.updateProjectById(projectId, updateProject);
+        } catch (err) {
+          log(err);
+          return false;
+        }
       }
     }
   };
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/schema.gql b/packages/backend/src/schema.gql
index 09387f3f..a0c6c13c 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/schema.gql
+++ b/packages/backend/src/schema.gql
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ type Query {
   user: User!
   organizations: [Organization!]
   projects: [Project!]
+  project(projectId: String!): Project
   deployments(projectId: String!): [Deployment!]
   environmentVariables(projectId: String!): [EnvironmentVariable!]
   projectMembers(projectId: String!): [ProjectMember!]
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@ type Mutation {
   removeMember(memberId: String!): Boolean!
   addEnvironmentVariables(projectId: String!, environmentVariables: [AddEnvironmentVariableInput!]): Boolean!
   updateDeploymentToProd(deploymentId: String!): Boolean!
+  updateProject(projectId: String!, updateProject: UpdateProjectInput): Boolean!
 }
 
 input AddEnvironmentVariableInput {
@@ -132,3 +134,8 @@ input AddEnvironmentVariableInput {
   key: String!
   value: String!
 }
+
+input UpdateProjectInput {
+  name: String
+  description: String
+}